Little things led to Coster exposure
New York AP reports how a scrap of paper and a small signature hinting at the real name Philip Musica uncovered the double life of F Donald Coster, head of a major firm. SEC investigator James Caffrey details how a mysterious caller and a typed name above a signature exposed Musica as Coster.
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New York
F. Donald Coster
Monumental Corporation
Philip Musica
James J. Caffrey
Securities and Exchange Commission
Coster
Caffrey
Joseph Donovan
New York Police
Musica
Connecticut
SEC
Robert Galp
McKesson and Robbins
Robert Dietrich
Musica Brothers
Stamford
Galp
George Vernard
Musica Brother
McKesson Probe Expands as Family Swindle Ties Emerge
Authorities linked the McKesson and Robbins collapse to the Musica family fraud. Dietrich-Musica and two brothers faced $100,000 bail in New Haven while George Dietrich-Musica awaited transport to New York. Investigators noted connections to a long earlier cheese and customs bribery scheme and a major U S securities case. Four Musica women were subpoenaed for the federal grand jury.
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Dietrich-Musica
Robert E. Dietrich- Musica
Fairfield
George Vernard-Arthur Musica
Brooklyn
George
New Haven
New York
Edward J. Slavin
United States Hair Company
Philip
Heidelberg University
East Side
Robert
Arthur
U. S
Irving R. Kaufman
Donald McKesson
Quinine and Chemical Works, Inc
McKesson
McKesson and Robbins
Coster
Coster Musica’s Family Mentioned Amid Trial Hearings
The article traces Coster Musica’s family connections in Westbury and Fairfield while federal hearings proceed. It notes siblings and mother, references McKesson and Robbins executives, and recalls his double life and fear of recognition during visits to New York and Detroit.
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Marie Girard
Grace Musica
Westbury
Long Island
Robert Guex
Louise Musica
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
the Treasury
Fishkill
N. Y
Marie Musica
Coster Musica
U. S. Attorney's Office
SEC
John J. Bennett, Jr
Bennett
Coster-Musica
Fairfield
Conn
Long Island Sound
Schultz
Coster
Manhattan
New York
Fairfield, Conn
McKesson and
Robbins
Coster- Musica
Coster- Musicn
Francis X. Hobs, III
Philip Musica
F. Donald Coster
McKesson and Robbins
Grand Central Station
Hobs
Phil
Detroit
Henry Ford
East Side
Phil.” Coster-Musica
Wilson High Chorus Christmas Program Tuesday Night
Wilson High mixed chorus presents a 7 45 p m Christmas music program in the school auditorium under Miss Gladys Thomann. The program features carols hymns solos and instrumental numbers with accompanists Maxine Surry Kathleen Check Alan Richardson and Dolores Pospishil.
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Wilson High School
Gladys Thomann
Marsh
Roger Solo
Jane Washburn
Harker
Sanctissimo
Gaul
Mildred Zelezny
White Shepherds Watched
Salter Boys
Anna Mae Chromosta
Caln
Repper
Eldridge, 107, Dies After Fall in St Petersburg
Charles Wilmott Eldridge, St Petersburg’s oldest resident and former Florida Grand Army of the Republic commander, died at 107 from bronchial pneumonia following a fall last week. He remained active for his age until the accident.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Charles Wilmott Eldridge
Eldridge
Florida Grand Army of the Republic
Tunisia 15 Believed Nearly Impregnable Oasis Defense
French military leaders after three days of combined army and air maneuvers claim Tunisia's defense system is nearly impregnable against Italian attack. The Maginot line concept, a belt of fortifications from sea to mountains, centers on oases as fortified hubs with self-contained defense rings.
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Oasis OF
Gabes
Tunis
Tunisia
Spahi
Libya
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Scotland Yard
London
Liverpool
Australia
India
South Africa
M'Kesson Probe Aspect Worldwide
Securities and Exchange Act
Trio
Craemer's
Craemer’s
Dutch Schultz
Noonan
Charles F. Michaels
Federal
Grand Jury
New York Stock Exchange
Harry E. MacKenzie
Bethel
Fairfield County
Brothers and Sisters
Taffetas
Second Avenue
Wilson High Chorus
Milky Way Galaxy
Craemer
Raemer
Avenge
Venture Gold
Lucky Cooper
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